Recipe for holiday



The Brazilian Caipirinha

1 lime
2 ounces of cachaça
Sugar to taste
Ice cubes
Wash the lime and roll it on the board to loosen the juices. Cut the lime into pieces and place them in a glass. Sprinkle with the sugar and crush the pieces (pulp side up) with a pestle. Just enough to release the juice, otherwise it'll get bitter. Add the cachaça and stir to mix. Add the ice and stir again. It is delicious and potent!

If you can't find cachaça where you live, use a good vodka. The drink will then be called caipiroshka. No vodka? Use white rum and you will have a caipiríssima.

You can also try the Brazilian fruit called lima-da-Pérsia, strawberries, kiwi, fresh passion fruit with mint, passion fruit with pitanga, watermelon, grapes, you name it, instead of lime.

I could think of nothing better than to spend my birthday with beautiful friends, on beautiful beach, under the sun, surrounded by love and laughter! It was a GREAT day!!Oh Ana! Ana and I started the day. Picked a spot in Leblon where the chairs and umbrellas carried the emblem of my favorite local cerveja. I thought it fitting they brought us our very own cooler to set between our chairs.

If you could hear the conversation surrounding this picture of me and Luciana, you'd be laughing. heheAnd the clouds only rolled in at sunset when I went home to enjoy a delicious chocolate cake made especially by Dona Thelma for me. Come over! There's plenty left!

What have you been up to?? Me? playing on the beach. Here's the outline of my bikini in the sand after falling down playing fresco...I love the fact that I can live without a schedule for a few weeks!! Ahhh holiday. I have time to post pics today since it is raining. Vou ficar na praia amanha...com certeza!

Feliz Ano Novo! Happy New Year! Prosperity to all!!!